This may be a stretch, but follow me. The NYC Department of Education issued a memo saying that no one could take the day off for Election Day without prior approval. Election Day was a staff development day and students were not at school. This has never happened in my 22 years at the DOE. The DOE was trying to prevent people from working for a candidate and getting paid for it through a sick day or personal day. At my school, 25 people were absent (including myself) because it was very important to us and worth the risk to assist in getting the vote out. We all got memos in our file and a personal day deducted from our bank. Which was fine by me. That is what should have happened anyway. The memo is just a waste of paper.

Now AI knows there is practice. He might have a legimate reason for not attending, but maybe he choose to risk the fine and other punishment that goes along with not being at practice. The big difference is that we did no harm not attending work that day because students were not in session, AI on the other hand risks alienating his coach and some teammates by thinking he is above it all. Hopefully he had a legit reason, if he did not the press will have a field day.

I do not know what was accomplished by practicing for an hour on Thanksgiving.

Here we go. I don't know what to say. This kind of makes AI's sound bite that he will do whatever is asked of him to win sound like a load of bull. If everyone else can show up why not him?

Then again, was this practice by Curry known well in advance? Or did he just come up with this yesterday? I am not making excuses for AI, but if his family has not relocated to Detroit he most likely went to be with them. If this is the case I think it was very stupid on Curry's part to hold practice without giving atleast 2 to 3 day notice to the players.

Then again, was this practice by Curry known well in advance? Or did he just come up with this yesterday? I am not making excuses for AI, but if his family has not relocated to Detroit he most likely went to be with them. If this is the case I think it was very stupid on Curry's part to hold practice without giving atleast 2 to 3 day notice to the players.

I dont like the fact that he is the only one not to attend, and Im sure his teammates are pissed since the practice was supposed to be to help integrate HIM. I wont bash him for it until we find out what ( if any) his excuse is.